"I never forget that I live in..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt
I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.
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“On both sides of the line, we are so accustomed to an undefended boundary three thousand miles long that we are inclined perhaps to minimize its vast importance, not only to our own continuing relations but also to the example which it sets to the other nations of the world.”
“There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.”
“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”
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“Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest men, with understanding sufficient for their stations. No duty is at the same time more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of character possessed by a single individual is of necessity limited. To seek out the best through the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect.”
“Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.”
“I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.”
More on Trust
“In football, I don't have a lot of friends. The people who I really trust, there are not many... Most of the time, I'm alone.”
“I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy - I didn't agree with a lot of his politics - but we got to the point internationally where our friends didn't trust us. They were confused. And our enemies didn't quite respect us.”
“There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.”